The results of the research show that the National Assembly had enhanced its openness since, in the last year, it improved its mechanism of cooperation with civil society organisations at the level of informal parliamentary groups. The Serbian Parliament is also the only one in the region, besides the Albanian Parliament, to have a developed system of constituency offices established at the initiative of the MPs with the purpose of promoting direct communication with the citizens.

“Parliamentary openness means keeping the citizens well informed about the parliament’s work, motivating them to take part in the legislative process and enabling them to influence the work of the parliamentarians who represent their interests and who should be accountable to the citizens”, said Vukosava Crnjanski, Director of the Centre for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA). Parliamentary openness is also reflected in the availability of documents and data concerning the legislative process such as bills, laws, voting results and shorthand notes, which the National Assembly publishes on its webpage.

The Albanian Parliament ranks third by meeting 52 indicators, followed by the Croatian Parliament (50%), Parliamentary Assembly of the federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (45%) and the Macedonian Parliament (40%).